Avaliação institucional de IES: reflexões sobre a compatibilidade dos indicadores de avaliação externa do SINAES com os critérios de excelência da FNQ

Abstract

This study presents a reflection on the possibilities of compatibility of two models used for institutional assessment: the evaluation component of the National System of Evaluation of Higher Education (NSEHE) and the model for the evaluation of the National Quality Foundation (NQF), taken in nevel of Commitment to Excellence. Both models were considered in their version of year 2008. The model of external assessment of the NSEHE is used specifically for the assessment of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in the country. The model for the assessment of NQF is for general use and supports the assessment of any organization, public or private, whether for profit or not. The general objective of presenting a structured discussion of the possibilities of compatibility of the models considered was achieved through a qualitative study, whose design methodology took the form of an interpretative analysis of the requirements of each model. There was the identification and grouping of categories in each item of the instrument of institutional external assessment of NSEHE. The categories were compared individually with the requirements of the Criteria of Excellence, providing evidence the similarities and convergences. There was an additional survey with a group of respondents intentionally in the field of Engineering Production. This survey aimed to collect evidence that helped to corroborate the initial assumption of internal consistency evaluation of the models considered. The lists generated by relational respondents were tabulated in the form of binary and sparse matrices, and it was estimated the resulting matrix of relationships identified. The qualitative analysis and, alternatively, the survey confirmed the assumption of compatibility of the external assessment component of SINAES and the evaluation model of FNQ, taken at the level of Commitment to Excellence. Specifically, this compatibility was found between the items of the first and the requirements of the criteria of the second